Subjectively versus independently assessed quality of life for the long-term mentally ill

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Eklund, Mona ^a,b   Hansson, Lars ^b  

^a Division of Occupational Therapy ^*  (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Long term mentally ill; Occupational therapy; Outcome measures; Psychiatric day care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031659187     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039489850149723     Document Type: Article

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